626. The Bachelor and Romance with Dr. Jodi McAlister

This month on the podcast, I wanted look more closely at the intersection of romance and reality tv, particular the Bachelor franchise and Real Housewives. There is only one place to start with that inquiry: with Dr. Jodi McAlister.

Jodi McAlister is a scholar of romance and an expert on all things The Bachelor, and she’s the author of theAustralia-set Marry Me, Juliet trilogy, which you may remember was available digitally in the US as a surprise after a lot of folks, including and especially Amanda, started talking about the books in the series.Shana reviewed the series and the third book, and loved all of them.

So we are talking all things Bachelor, about writing a similar reality tv show for her series, and why romance readers globally dig this franchise so very, very much.

You can find Dr. Jodi McAlister onTikTok,Instagram, andBlueSky, andon her website, JodiMcAlister.com.au.

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